Remains of new species of duck-billed dinosaur found in Chile

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Remains of new species of duck-billed dinosaur found in Chile
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Gonkoken nanoi measures up to 4m in length and weighs a tonne. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SANTIAGO - Remains of a species of herbivorous dinosaur previously unknown in the Southern Hemisphere have been discovered in Chile, challenging long-held beliefs about the range of duck-billed dinosaurs, scientists said Friday.

“These were slender-looking dinosaurs, which could easily adopt a bipedal and quadrupedal posture to reach the vegetation at height and at ground level,” said Professor Alexander Vargas, director of the palaeontological network of the University of Chile and one of the authors of the study published by the journal Science Advances and presented in Santiago.

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